Chemical composition of the essential oil of Jacobaea maritima (L.) Pelser & Meijden and Jacobaea maritima subsp. bicolor (Willd.) B. Nord. & Greuter (Asteraceae) collected wild in Croatia and Sicily, respectively
- Authors: Maggio, A.; Venditti, A.; Senatore, F.; Bruno, M.; Formisano, C.
- Publication year: 2015
- Type: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- Key words: Asteraceae; caryophyllene oxide; hexadecanoic acid; hydrocarbons; Jacobaea maritima; Jacobaea maritima subsp. bicolor; volatile components; Alkanes; Asteraceae; Croatia; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Oils, Volatile; Palmitic Acid; Plant Oils; Sesquiterpenes; Sicily; Analytical Chemistry; Biochemistry; Plant Science; Organic Chemistry
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/253289
Abstract
In this study, the chemical compositions of the essential oils from aerial parts (JmA) and radices (JmR) of Jacobaea maritima (L.) Pelser & Meijden, collected in Croatia, and of Jacobaea maritima subsp. bicolor (Willd.) B. Nord. & Greuter, collected in Sicily, were evaluated by using gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The main components of the essential oil from J. maritima, both in JmA and JmR, were pentacosane (15.7%), heptacosane (13.1%) and nonacosane (8.1%) whereas the essential oil from J. maritima subsp. bicolor was characterised by the presence of hexadecanoic acid (14.6%), caryophyllene oxide (9.3%) and hexahydrofarnesylacetone (6.5%). The comparison of the essential oil with other studied oils of the genus Jacobaea is discussed.